Archive for Beaked whales

Today we had a beautiful sighting with two Blainville Beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris). This mother and her calf were quite sociable, to our delight. The whale girl became curious, approached our boat, turned sideways in the bow, looked up, then turned on…

In recent days, we have written in our blogs often about sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus) and for a good reason, because these large toothed whales are just here, around Madeira. Of course, this is a real experience for our guests…

We never know what we might find out on the ocean before starting a tour. Clearly, our aim is to observe cetaceans but sometimes also other marine creatures provide great sightings. All encounters of the day comprised Atlantic Spotted Dolphins…

On our tours we often deal with different species that can behave very differently towards us. Today, there were two marine mammal species, which usually show a shy behaviour towards the boats. But is this always the case? During the…

There has not been a lot of activity in the waters South of Madeira today. Anyway, after hours of searching from land and sea some long oval shapes came into sight not too far off the bow of our traditional…

On our tours today, we have been lucky enough to see a variety of sea creatures: Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning, shy Blainville´s beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris), a shark and two Loggerhead…

On our midday tour, a guest asked us, as the Ribeira Brava drove faster, if we had a destination, a goal we are moving towards? In fact, that was the case because we wanted to reach the distant Atlantic Spotted…

Our tour starts with a brief view of Beaked whales. Since the animals were just too far away and did not appear anymore, we can not say what kind of Beaked whales we had. The small group Bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops…

After our crew and guests on our traditional saw Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) and Striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) in the morning and the impressive Cuvier’s beaked whale (Ziphius cavirostris) at midday, I was excited to see what surpises the Atlantic…

This morning we searched far and wide for Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) to snorkel with and found a small school of curious Bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) instead. On our way back to the marina, both spotter and skipper saw…

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